Four local law enforcement agencies came together Tuesday to further their education on the topic of DNA.

Hosted by the Ruston Police Department, employees with the North Louisiana Criminalistics Laboratory in Shreveport were on hand to inform officers, deputies and agents on DNA analysis and the importance of CODIS (COmbined DNA Index System).

RPD Training and Public Information officer Sgt. Clint Williams said the purpose of the class was to help bring different agencies together.

The next move toward preliminary approval of a planned unit development that could mean more housing near Louisiana Tech University is up to Ruston’s Board of Aldermen.

The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday approved Total Properties Inc. preliminary plat application for the development on the south side of West Barnett Springs Avenue. The commission also approved rezoning the acreage upon which the development will be built from one-family residential to a planned unit development, or PUD.